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get away with
Escape the consequences or blame for, as in Bill often cheats on exams but usually gets away with it . [Late 1800s]
get away with murder . Escape the consequences of killing someone; also, do anything one wishes. For example, If the jury doesn't convict him, he'll have gotten away with murder , or He talks all day on the phone—the supervisor is letting him get away with murder . [First half of 1900s]
Example Sentences
She had a giant smile, a contagious laugh and an attitude like she could get away with anything.
House Majority Leader Steve Scalise said that “if you think you can disrupt or violate those laws and get away with it just because you’re in elected office, is ludicrous.”
Manhood was what you could get away with.
“They get away with whatever they can. Go out there from one civil unrest situation to another, using the same or similar tactics frequently. And they are connected.”
"So long as they can get away with it, they will just pass any problems on to our countryside and pocket the money they should be investing in solutions."
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